Can someone recommend a good korma sauce

sunflower27

Hi there

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good, creamy korma sauce that I can get ready-made from the supermarket.

Thanks in advance.

Asphyxia

I love the Dunnes Stores one, I think it's 1.09 or something that's the one I mainly buy.

lemamurphy

Sherwoods or Sharwoods is really good, but the secret is to buy a seperate tin of coconut milk and add that in with the sauce then put it in an oven proof dish and let it "stew" for bout half an hour! The chicken gets so tender and full of flavour! So much creamy sauce also! Ooooo i want some now! Bon appetite!

sunflower27

Oh, thanks so much.

I am intrigued with the extra coconut milk.... would that not make it too runny? Do I just cook it all up (am thinking just chicken, red pepper and onion) add the sauce and then add the extra coconut milk and whack it in the oven?

ElleEm

Patak's is lovely.

lemamurphy

sunflower27 wrote: »

Oh, thanks so much.

I am intrigued with the extra coconut milk.... would that not make it too runny? Do I just cook it all up (am thinking just chicken, red pepper and onion) add the sauce and then add the extra coconut milk and whack it in the oven?

Well what i would do is chop 2 cloves of garlic really finely and dice half an onion small. Put them in a bowl with juice of half a lime, 2 tablespoon of olive oil and a tablespoon of soya sauce. Cut up the chicken and add it in, give it a stir to combine and cover it for about half an hour in the fridge. Chop your peppers and rest of the onions. i normally just put onions in, you could do peppers on the side for some veg. but obviously that is completely a personal thing.

Fry off the chicken add in the onions once browned. Then add in the sauce. Let it all come together and add as much coconut milk as needed to make it nice and creamy. You should do naan bread then all that yummy sauce is not gone to waste. It shouldnt make it too runny, i just love lots of sauce anyway! It generally thickens a little anyway once you put it in the oven, but i guess just feel it out yourself! its one of my favs! I hope you enjoy!

olaola

You can get Bombay Pantry sauces in some supermarkets. It's really very fantastic. M&S are always great for sauces too.

syklops

Pataks is awesome. Also, I recommend you look out for Pataks Korma Paste. Its a smaller Jar, but you will get about 4 dinners out of it. Maybe more, if you ration it out. Also, I add coconut milk to it instead of cream for anyone who cant have milk.

careca11

sunflower27 wrote: »

Hi there

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good, creamy korma sauce that I can get ready-made from the supermarket.

Thanks in advance.

chop onion, some spring onions, 2 cloves of garlic, some root ginger and to a pan
mix in 3 heaped teaspoons of mild curry powder, and fry for a couple of mins,
add your meat and fry for few mins until almost cooked
add 1 tin of coconut milk , bring to boil then turn heat down to a simmer

add a chopped red chill (2 if you like a bit more heat), and a red pepper
simmer for about 20mins , if still sorta runny , mix in a t-spoon of corn flour.
Sprinkle on some Coriander leaves
and serve with basmati rice

no need to buy the Jarred sauce
Homemade it best

sunflower27

What lovely people you are - I should come here more often

Do you think it would be OK to put in a sprinkle of red chilli powder? Am definitely going to add the extra coconut milk and pop in the oven!!!

I have naan bread an d mango chutney so will dish that up on the side.

Any tips of the basmati rice appreciated as mine always ends up wither gluggy or undercooked...

Sorry for all the questions. A friend is coming to visit tomorrow and she is such a good friend - and always cooks wonderful meals for me when I stay with her - I want to make the dinner delicious.

Thanks again everyone for taking the time to post

Aglomerado

Lidl's own brand curry sauces ("Jaipur Garden" I think) are excellent, if the Balti/ Jhalfrezi/ Madras/ Rogan Josh are anything to go by, I would imagine the Korma is lovely too (I like medium spicy - hot so haven't tried the Korma myself) . I can't praise them enough, and the price is only about 80c a jar.

col.in.Cr

I like the Tesco brand one in the plastic container,tastes like my local indian places one,maybe they are using it too.

kerash

Another Vote for Pataks I think it's the best. Sometimes fry the chicken first in one of their spicier pastes and then add the korma jar to make it more interesting

TeletextPear

OP, you have to try Meena's Korma sauce, it is the absolute nicest one I've ever had. It beats Pataks, Bombay Pantry, etc, in my opinion.

sunflower27

TeletextPear wrote: »

OP, you have to try Meena's Korma sauce, it is the absolute nicest one I've ever had. It beats Pataks, Bombay Pantry, etc, in my opinion.

Unfortunately there is no Tesco near me.

Well, I used a sauce from Lidl in the end and it was absolutely gorgeous (and 80c a jar!!!) I added in extra cocunut milk and my friend loved it.

Managed to get the rice perfect for once as well. Happy days.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.